Niles
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Niles is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Neil”. In 2025 it ranked 2,480th for boys in the US (54 babies).
What does Niles mean?
English: English surname from Neil, ultimately Irish Niall
“son of Neil”
Niles Crane is Frasier's fastidious younger brother in the sitcom Frasier.
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Is Niles a girl's or a boy's name?
Niles is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Niles in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Niles in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Niles in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Niles in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,480among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were named Niles, making it the 2,480th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,024th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 80 boys. It first appears in the records in 1897.
Half of all the boys named Niles in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 boys in the US were given Niles or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,707, up from #2,480 for this spelling alone.
- Niles 54
- Nyles 24
Niles in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #2,480 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,103 |
| 2023 | 53 | #2,509 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,378 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,192 |
| 2020 | 70 | #2,024 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,187 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 65 | #2,108 |
| 2016 | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 45 | #2,677 |
| 2011 | 41 | #2,851 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 47 | #2,622 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 50 | #2,504 |
| 2006 | 38 | #2,931 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 43 | #2,527 |
| 2003 | 41 | #2,503 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,424 |
| 2001 | 54 | #1,978 |
| 2000 | 64 | #1,738 |
| 1999 | 68 | #1,590 |
| 1998 | 80 | #1,415 |
| 1997 | 56 | #1,727 |
| 1996 | 49 | #1,838 |
| 1995 | 70 | #1,412 |
| 1994 | 57 | #1,603 |
| 1993 | 42 | #1,928 |
| 1992 | 43 | #1,879 |
| 1991 | 48 | #1,693 |
| 1990 | 45 | #1,750 |
| 1989 | 53 | #1,532 |
| 1988 | 45 | #1,587 |
| 1987 | 47 | #1,504 |
| 1986 | 46 | #1,475 |
| 1985 | 45 | #1,484 |
| 1984 | 31 | #1,795 |
| 1983 | 48 | #1,346 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,733 |
| 1981 | 38 | #1,576 |
| 1980 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1979 | 42 | #1,435 |
| 1978 | 38 | #1,508 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 33 | #1,607 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,280 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,388 |
| 1973 | 35 | #1,435 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,822 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1966 | 22 | #1,649 |
| 1965 | 28 | #1,455 |
| 1964 | 29 | #1,461 |
| 1963 | 28 | #1,484 |
| 1962 | 31 | #1,402 |
| 1961 | 34 | #1,367 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,340 |
| 1959 | 29 | #1,466 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,395 |
| 1957 | 30 | #1,435 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,231 |
| 1955 | 42 | #1,153 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,332 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,138 |
| 1952 | 44 | #1,093 |
| 1951 | 45 | #1,069 |
| 1950 | 57 | #903 |
| 1949 | 47 | #1,012 |
| 1948 | 55 | #932 |
| 1947 | 44 | #1,092 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,144 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,077 |
| 1944 | 44 | #974 |
| 1943 | 46 | #986 |
| 1942 | 55 | #888 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,108 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,107 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,238 |
| 1938 | 33 | #1,125 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,296 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,295 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,202 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,254 |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,015 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,330 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,055 |
| 1928 | 35 | #1,211 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,436 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,605 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,493 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,577 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,502 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,545 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,329 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,530 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1917 | 38 | #1,078 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,049 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
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